LA hospital settles case of man who waited 6 hours

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles hospital has agreed to pay $40,750 to settle a case involving a patient who waited in the emergency department for more than six hours and never received care for acute appendicitis.

The Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1w3qakn ) a deal was announced Thursday between Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.